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Meaning of 'mawkish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mawkish [ a.]
- Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.
- Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.

Meaning of 'mawkish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mawkish [ s]
Meaning (1):
- effusively or insincerely emotional
Example in sentence:
  • a bathetic novel;
  • a schmaltzy song;
  • maudlin expressions of sympathy;
  • mushy effusiveness;
  • sentimental soap operas;
  • slushy poetry

Nearby Words:

maw mawk mawkin mawkingly mawkishly mawkishness mawks mawky mawmet mawmetry

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